We all need to s l o w d o w n . We need more peace, less thinking. We need less striving and more senseless joy. We have become a cult of efficiency-seeking doers instead of some humans being. Maybe we should start as kids. Here’s three subjects that might be an idea for educators around the world. And if the third point feels uncomfortable, please note that I am using my definition of The Law of Attraction which is unlike many people’s:

And after you grow up you should maintain some sort of contact with the meaningless, rejuvenating tasks you pursued as a child, as is the case with the new and fast-growing trend toward adult colouring books. This is a clever way to get people to volunteer to be secretly mindful:

And finally we’ll close with a niceSchool of Life breakdown of the life of Siddhartha and the history of Buddhism, which is also a breakdown of the notion of suffering. I suspect you’ll find at least one thing here that will be materially helpful to you as you live your life:

It’s a long weekend here in Canada so if that applies to you then have a wonderful weekend, and if it doesn’t I’ll see you on Monday!

Following a serious childhood brain injury Scott McPherson unwittingly spent his entire life meditating on the concepts of thought, consciousness, reality and the self. This made him as strange to others as they were to him. Seeing the self-harm people created with their own overthinking, Scott dedicated part of his life to helping others live with greater awareness. He is currently a writer, speaker and mindfulness instructor based in Edmonton, AB, where he finds it strange to write about himself in the third person.